A performance evaluation of three Multiagent Platforms

Artificial Intelligence Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-176

  Alberola, Juan M ^a   Such, Jose M ^a   Garcia Fornes, Ana ^a   Espinosa, Agustin ^a   Botti, Vicent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multiagent Platforms; Multiagent systems; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGENT COMMUNICATIONS; INTERNAL DESIGN; MULTI-AGENT PLATFORMS; ON CURRENTS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 77956903712     PISSN: 02692821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10462-010-9167-9     Document Type: Article

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